We have this idea that baggage is a bad thing—that it needs to be let go of or left behind. But if we left our bag at the airport, we'd be unprepared for the journey. So what if we claimed our baggage instead? As human beings, we always come with baggage. Our experiences, relationships, grief, beliefs, adaptations, coping mechanisms, and survival tools become part of what we carry. Some things in our bag are precious. Some help us. Some weigh us down. Some were never ours to